Chapter 34: Escape from the Troubled Times 32

"Xiao Lin, your house may be small, but it has everything you need and it's very well built." Village chief Wan looked at the house in front of him with admiration.

It was the first time that the village chief saw someone build a bathroom specifically for him. It was convenient for men to take a bath and the weather was hot. They could just get a bucket of water and take a shower after work. They didn't pay attention to the place where women in the family took a bath.

"I will be a resident of the village from now on. This is where I will live my whole life, so it naturally needs to be repaired a bit."

Although Lin Xia was not sure whether she lived in the village permanently, there was nothing wrong with her saying it in a nice way.

"That's right. A house is a lifelong thing. You will be a resident of the village in the future. You can find a good marriage in two years. Can your life be bad?"

Lin Xia's smile faded a little, she said a few words to the village chief casually, and sent him away.

Haha, she doesn’t want to get married!

Once her life gets back on track, she will definitely try to find Wang Zhaozhao and her system.

I don't know where they are now.

Lingzhou Prefecture City.

Wang Zhaozhao: "System, I heard that the heroine brought the hero to Lingzhou. Is the battle for hegemony finally about to begin?"

System: "I can't see this either. Just wait. You are the heroine's cousin. You will see her eventually."

Wang Zhaozhao: "System, you are so useless. How come other systems have so many functions?"

The system said stubbornly: "We are a formal system. We must respect human rights and cannot pry into other people's privacy at will."

Wang Zhaozhao rolled his eyes: "Isn't the job you asked me to do just snooping into other people's privacy?"

System: "This is different. Even ordinary people have to investigate the conditions of the in-laws when marrying off their daughters, not to mention such a big thing as reincarnation. Don't you have to investigate more?"

"I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm going to learn from the experience of my predecessors. Call me when the heroine arrives."

"Hey, get out of here quickly. I'm going to find my darling husband." Her tone was full of sweetness.

Remembering something, he warned the system again, "Don't disclose my privacy to others."

"I'm not that kind of ruler. I won't say any more. Bye."

The system disappeared quickly, leaving Wang Zhaozhao disheveled in the wind.

She pursed her lips, stuck out her belly, and stood up to find her husband.

Lin Xia had no way of knowing the situation on Wang Zhaozhao's side.

She is now digging a hole with great effort.

After the village chief left, she went to the bamboo forest on the back mountain and cut a lot of bamboo. She wanted to set traps around the yard all week. Fortunately, the yard was not big, only about 40 to 50 square meters in total. It would take two days to finish, just in time for ventilation and moving in.

Lin Xia couldn't sleep on the first day of moving into the new house.

The flower grower's obsession with the house is extraordinary. With this house, it means that Lin Xia has truly settled down here and is no longer the wandering soul on the road.

I spent most of the night with my eyes closed and thinking about random things, and decided to start a new life tomorrow - farming.

The next morning,

Lin Xia came to her own land with full confidence. She had already learned the first step in land reclamation - picking up stones.

An hour later,

Lin Xia looked at the small piece of land she had picked up, then looked at the remaining large piece of land. She felt like crying but had no tears, and began to doubt her life.

Why are there so many stones in the ground? We have to use a hoe to dig out the stones on the surface.

She is not someone who cannot endure hardship. So in the evening, Lin Xia returned home covered in dust and sat in front of the stove for a long time without coming to his senses. It took him half an hour to recover. Then he picked up the newly bought fire starter and boiled water for a bath.

Finally, I ate some dry food and fell into a deep sleep. The result of the day was a pile of rocks and a piece of wasteland with no apparent changes.

After a night's rest, Lin Xia came to the field with a sore back and waist. Today she planned to weed.

The weather has been relatively sunny these days and there is plenty of water here, so there is no need to worry about the mountain burning. Lin Xia decided to set fire to the grass, which would serve as fertilizer for the land.

First, she cut out a circle of isolation belt, gathered a handful of dry grass, lit it and threw it into the ground. It’s true that tinder is very easy to use, unlike flint which takes a long time to strike. She bought several tinders and kept them in the space for backup.

With just one fire and twenty minutes, Lin Xia finished all the work for the day.

In the following time, Lin Xia spent his time in a cycle of digging the ground and picking up stones.

Work for an hour and rest for an hour. Having been beaten by society, she doesn't know whether fleeing famine or farming is harder.

She could only look at the blisters in her palms with tears in her eyes. Even if she wrapped them with cloth strips, it was of no use. Blisters still appeared. She was obviously not a spoiled young lady. How could her hands and waist be broken just by digging in the ground?

The villagers passing by looked at Lin Xia and shook their heads.

It was Aunt Qi who couldn't stand watching the field next door for a few days and came over to teach her enthusiastically which posture would save effort and how deep to dig.

Looking at the demonstration land dug out by Aunt Qi, Lin Xia sometimes really wanted to be a fool and let the other party teach him how to do the whole land.

After another hard day's work, Lin Xia visited the Qi family with some pheasant eggs.

The Qi family hadn't built a house yet, they had only set up two tents. Lin Xia was immediately seen by them when she walked over.

"Aunt Qi, sorry to bother you." Lin Xia greeted Aunt Qi with a smile.

"Miss Lin, why are you here?" Aunt Qi asked in confusion. This was the first time Lin Xia came to visit her in such a long time.

"Auntie, you helped me today, so I came here specially to thank you." Lin Xia sincerely stuffed the four pheasant eggs in his hand into Auntie Qi's arms.

"That won't do. Eggs are so precious. I just said a few words. There's no need for such a heavy thank you gift." Aunt Qi quickly refused. They were neighbors now, and they couldn't accept food from others based on just a little information like before.

"You have to take it. Although it's just a simple thing for me, it saved me from taking a detour for several days. It's worth it."

When the old lady heard this, a genuine smile appeared on her face, and she accepted it embarrassedly: "Then I'll accept it shamelessly. To be honest, we haven't had any meat in a year, so let these boys have some meat." The old lady also wanted to make friends, and hinted that their family had never eaten that kind of meat.

"Xiao Lin, if you have any questions about farming, feel free to ask me. If nothing else, my family is good at farming."

"Oh, thank you, Auntie. I have never farmed before, and I need to do this now. I may bother you from time to time in the future, so please don't be annoyed when the time comes."

"No way, we are neighbors, and we will definitely help each other in the future."

Lin Xia achieved his goal and left after saying a few polite words.

Behind him is the Qi family.

"Mrs. Lin is so generous!" Aunt Qi looked at the eggs in her hand.

"When I saw this little girl walking alone with a big knife and hiring workers to repair her house, I knew she was no ordinary woman. We should try our best to make friends with her. Even if we can't make friends with her, we should not offend her." Old Man Qi reminded everyone.

"Okay, Dad, we got it." The others responded.

"Eldest Wife, Second Wife, you two should interact with each other more in the future. She can help you with anything you need."

"Okay, Dad." The two daughters-in-law responded.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, let's eat eggs today." The children didn't think too much, all they had eyes for were eggs.

"well......"